9 Baje 9 Minute: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar & others light diyas to mark solidarity
Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated the ‘diya jalaye’ campaign and appealed to switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 pm on Sunday April 5. This initiative was to mark solidarity in the country’s fight against coronavirus. Prominent personalities from the Indian film industry took part in the same with dedication. Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone and many more led the way.
Amitabh Bachchan shared pictures of him lighting a torch, mentioning a line from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s poem in the caption. tweeted.
T 3492 -” है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब माना है ” … another epic poem of my Father .. and how visionary it has proven tonight .. for the #9PM9minute call ..
Will put up the entire poem by tomorrow .. on video !!❤️ pic.twitter.com/MeQ3PJ03tu— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 5, 2020
Shah Rukh Khan’s son Abram decked up their balcony with lamps made out of Legos. The video was shared by Gauri Khan,
9 pm .. Lego Dia@Cogsnitisheth pic.twitter.com/qX1dn2jSfY
— Gauri Khan (@gaurikhan) April 5, 2020
Akshay Kumar:
Deepika Padukone,
Anushka Sharma,
Alia Bhatt,
Kartik Aaryan,
Katrina Kaif,
Sunny Leone,
Shraddha Kapoor,
Within you is the light of a thousand suns ~ Robert Adams ? #StayHomeStaySafe #InThisTogether pic.twitter.com/TxUjgO70nw
— Shraddha (@ShraddhaKapoor) April 5, 2020
Anil Kapoor,
All in this together ??#9pm9minutes #IndiaFightsCorona #StayHomeStaySafe @PMOIndia @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/3rxYXnU9iT
— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) April 5, 2020
The Prime Minister had urged people to switch off lights at their homes and light lamps, candles to “challenge the darkness spread by the corona crisis”. This was the second such mass activity undertaken by the citizens of the country after PM Modi’’s March 22 Janta curfew initiative. It had people clapping and clung utensils to express gratitude to those who have been providing essential services during this crisis.
According to the Health Ministry, the death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 83 and the cases climbed to 3,577 in the country on Sunday.
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